The Heir Apparent

The stranger pulled Vivian Ashford into his arms at her own charity gala—and claimed to be her brother, Daniel, who drowned seven years ago. Then he whispered the last words Daniel spoke before he died. The whole city celebrates his miraculous return, while Vivian alone knows he is lying. But if she exposes him, she must reveal the truth about that drowning—and risk destroying her sick father, her inheritance, and her family’s name. Worse, the impostor knows secrets no stranger should know, and the closer Vivian gets to uncovering his identity, the harder it becomes to resist the man behind the lie. When the family lawyer moves to hand the empire to the “returned heir” and the detective she loves turns against her, Vivian must choose: expose the impostor and bury her family with him—or join forces with the man who may have come to destroy everything she owns.